Origin of the Species: Transmechs Revised

Origins of the Species is your destination for non-human races in Spycraft 2.0. Each installment in this series of toolkit products contains everything you need to incorporate a collection of fantasy or futuristic, mutant, or mythological races into your Spycraft games. These character options are timeless and setting-free, allowing you to drop them into any location, society, or backdrop. All that's required is GC approval that they fit within the cosmology of the world!

This special crossover installment of the Origin of the Species line is also part of the Saturday Morning Spycraft series, which explores your favorite 80s cartoon properties using the Spycraft 2.0 system. In this release you can...

Become more than meets the eye!

Play a giant transforming robot, hidden in the world of mortals

Pick from dozens of Species feats and play as different transmech models - without level penalties or XP restrictions

Gain a Legendary Master Class that unlocks the greatest powers of your species!

Face a detailed cast of NPC transmechs and a black-book government organization that populates this setting

Learn to build an effective transmech character and enjoy 3 ready-to-play scenes that introduce these technological wonders to your world

Are you ready to join the struggle with these titanic metal outsiders? Their war starts now.

UPDATED: The revised version of Origin of the Species: Transmechs features new art and upgraded layout.

The Origin of the Species series of supplements is all about providing options for including non-human races - be they characters or NPCs - in your Spycraft game... but this one takes it to an extreme, providing all that you need to play a 'transmech' [...]

I bought this shortly after I received the email about the release and though I was skeptical, I'm glad I bought it. The rules are quite well done and balanced. The feats do a good job of covering all the bases without eating up too many of your precio [...]

I was quite surprised by the unannounced release of this toolkit. After buying it I must say that it almost completely covers the Transformers, with their sometimes unique technology. Included are feats that allow the creation of combiners, pretenders, [...]

It should first be noted that I am not at all familiar with how Spycraft has been altered since it's d20 roots, or even just Spycraft in general. I bought this product mainly for the NPCs. Only problem with that being: they are all but unusable for nor [...]

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